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According to Erroll Sherson, writing in 1923, the Strand was burlesque's first real nursery and its permanent home. Here graduated [[Marie Wilton]] (later Lady Bancroft), Patty Oliver and Edward Terry; each would later maintain the burlesque tradition at the [[Prince of Wales's Theatre|Prince of Wales's]], [[Royalty Theatre|The Royalty]], and [[Gaiety Theatre, London|The Gaiety]], respectively. For some years, the Strand's programme began with a short drama, many written by [[H. T. Craven]], including, ''The Postboy'', ''Milky White'', and ''Meg's Diversion''. Then followed a burlesque by [[Henry James Byron|H. J. Byron]], [[William Brough (writer)|W. Brough]], or [[F. C. Burnand]].<ref name=":0" />
Under the Swanboroughs, the theatre enjoyed success, with Ada Swanborough performing in H. J. Byron's [[burletta]]s and featuring a cast that included James Thorne, [[Edward O'Connor Terry]], Miss Raynham, Mrs. Raymond, H. J. Turner and Marie Wilton,. These began with ''The Lady of Lyons, or Twopenny Pride and Pennytence;'' ''Fra Diavolo Travestie, or The Prince, the Pirate and the Pearl;'' ''The Maid and the Magpie, or The Fatal Spoon'' (an early play to include a dance at the end of a song); and ''The Babes in the Wood and the Good Little Fairy Birds''.<ref name="Lee">Lee, Amy Wai Sum. [http://whaleyween.com/Holly/DLB344_19thC_BritishDramatists/Byron.pdf "Henry J. Byron"]{{dead link|date=April 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, Hong Kong Baptist University</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.arthurlloyd.co.uk/RoyalStrand.htm |title=Royal Strand Theatre, Aldwych (Arthur Lloyd Theatre history|website=www.arthurlloyd.co.uk|
The celebrated burlesque on ''Kenilworth'',<ref>A parody of Walter Scott's novel [[Kenilworth (novel)|Kenilworth]].</ref> first performed in 1859 and played over many years, brought the Strand great prosperity. It had a strong cast including Louisa Swanborough as the Earl of Leicester, H. J. Turner as Mike Lambourne, Mrs. Charles Selby as Queen Elizabeth, Marie Wilton as Sir Walter Raleigh, Patty Oliver as Amy Robsart, Charlotte Saunders as Tressillian, John Clarke as Varney and James Bland as Wayland Smith; Bland was reputed to be the king of the burlesque actors. Leicester was later played by Maria Ternan.<ref>Obituary, ''London and Provincial Entr'acte'', 7 January 1899, p. 6</ref><ref>Merry-go-Round, ''London and Provincial Entr'acte'', 24 October 1891, p. 4.</ref> The burlesque that lived longest in the memories of old playgoers, according to Sherson, was Brough's, ''The Field of the Cloth of Gold''.<ref>Advertisement, ''The Era'', 12 July 1874 p. 8.</ref>
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